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By Phil Stutz, a practicing psychiatrist, and Barry Michels, a practicing psychotherapist. We both have psychotherapy practices in Los Angeles, which means we treat many creative people. Do you know when these people display the highest degree of creativity? It’s not when they perform, write, or sing; it’s when they make up excuses to postpone

by MikeBaltren Minimal effective dose, do all that’s necessary not all that you can, less is more, these are all ways to describe the same thing.  The picture below is a performance curve that I borrowed from a DVD lecture series called “The Philosopher’s Toolkit: How To Be The Most Rational Person In Any Room”.  

by KRISTA SCOTT-DIXON Always waiting for the “perfect time” to get started on new projects? To learn a new skill? To eat better? To exercise more? If so, here’s something to think about. When I get a different job. When things are less busy.  When I find a workout partner. When I find the right equipment. When I

by acefitness.org. If you’re one of those people who resolve to get back into shape every time the New Year rolls around yet always fails to accomplish it, listen up: You might need to adjust the strategy you use to set those hard-to-reach objectives And that’s where the S.M.A.R.T goal technique comes in. What are S.M.A.R.T

Conditioning: By performing a variety of exercises from different disciplines, you are asking more of your body than with a traditional, straight-forward approach. Increased workload and variety lead to increased capability. In other words, by doing more with your body, your athletic and fitness levels have no choice but to grow. Cross-training workouts aren’t tailored to

By Cate Baily  1. A Flexible Spine. There is so much in Kundalini Yoga that is focused on the agility of the spine — sufi grind, spinal flexes, spinal twists, cat-cow, bow, camel, cobra, and wheel. The yogis say that age is not measured in years but in the flexibility of the spine. In other words,

by Jason C. Brown, CSCS, KBA 1. Kettlebell training amplifies your power output. This may be my favoritereason to train with kettlebells! Since classic kettlebell lifts such as the Snatch and the Clean & Jerk cannot be performed slowly, they develop a special quality known as power-endurance, or your ability to produce movements over an extended

by MikeBaltren Having owned a gym for years and instructed certifications worldwide, I have a pretty good idea of what works when it comes to exercise. I have seen the benefits of different types of exercise many times over, and one thing I always come back to, is bodyweight training. There is an odd stigma associated

Today marks the release of the book for which you’ve all been waiting patiently or impatiently (I’ve got the emails to prove it!), and with it a very special limited-time offer (see details below). But first, let me tell you how we got to this point. About three years ago, Denise Minger – a statistics-savvy